The fourteenth day of July 1967 denoted a critical and starting milestone in the advancement of advanced education in Karaikal locale of the Union region of Pondicherry when the Modern College subsidiary to the University of Madras was introduced by His Excellency Thiru S.L.Silam the then Lieutenant-Governor of Pondicherry. It is a significant achievement in as much as it was the finish of the endeavors of the world class and open of Karaikal just as the Government of Pondicherry to satisfy a long-felt need of the individuals in the region to have a foundation to give advanced education to their off-spring. The school offered guidance in Science and Humanities at the Pre-University level in the first place. The extraordinary intrigue displayed by the Government in the improvement of the foundation made it conceivable to up-grade it notwithstanding during the concise spell of its reality for a year. The B.A/B.Sc. degree courses in the Economics. Arithmetic and Chemistry (significant subjects) were begun in July 1968. In December 1969 the school was re-named Arignar Anna Government Arts College without a moment's delay granting another criticalness and measurement to the thoughts for which the school remains, just as so as to celebrate the name of the incredible pioneer 'PERARIGNAR ANNA'.  It has turned into an undeniable degree school during the scholastic year 1970-1971. In June 1973 extra affiliations in the degree level for B.A. Tamil Literature principle was verified. In June 1978 extra affiliations B.Sc. Material science and B.Sc. Zoology were verified. The Post-Graduate course in Tamil was presented in the year 1979. The B.Com course was presented in the scholastic year 1980-1981. M.A. course in Economics in the Academic Year 1981-82 and M.Com course in 1985-86 were presented. The B.Com. course at night school was begun in the year 1985-86. With impact from the scholastic year 1986-87 the school is subsidiary to the Pondicherry University M.A. courses in Social Work and Public Administration were presented from the scholastic year 1993-94. The B.Sc. PC course is presented from the scholastic year 1998-99. M.A. (Financial aspects), M.A. (Tamil) and M.Com courses are re-presented from the scholarly yar 1997-98. M.Sc. (Software engineering), M.Sc. (Maths), M.Sc.(Chemistry) courses are presented in 2017-18.  National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore has visited the school and authorize with C++ Status in the year 2004. The school was reaccredited with 'B' grade in the year 2015. Changeless connection has been gotten for all the U.G. what's more, P.G. Courses aside from M.A. Tamil, M.P.A., B.Sc. Science and B.Sc. Maths.